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Career Development
Physiology is an exciting career choice for many people. The APS provides a number of online resource sites to help you learn more about physiology, find out what physiologists do, meet some interesting physiologists and access useful tools and resources for development of your physiology career. Use the links below to access a wealth of information on scientists, science studies and careers and, of course, a career in physiology!

Professional Skills for Minority Students in Biomedicine: Interactive and Online Development Tools <NEW>
The Professional Skills Project seeks to promote the development of key professional skills among minority graduate and postdoctoral students in biomedicine by creating effective live, online, and CD-ROM short courses. (Supported by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health)

APS Careers In Physiology Website
This website provides extensive resources for two major purposes:
1. To help the general public gain a better understanding of the work that physiologists do; and
2. To assist students and new and experienced physiologists in the development of their careers in science and, especially, in physiology. Broad information is provided on science career topics and on mentoring.

Note that each section of the career web includes specific resources for minority students.
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Physiology Trainee Web (forthcoming)
This website will provide resources and up-to-date information specifically for graduate and postdoctoral students working in the field of physiology. The website will be sponsored by the APS and overseen by the APS Trainee Advisory Committee which is comprised of graduate and postdoctoral students from each of the APS Sections. Look for this website, coming in 2005 as an APS student member benefit.

APS Career Mentoring Program
This website provides information on the APS Career Mentoring Program as well as other general information on mentoring for both mentors and mentees.

APS/ACDP List of Professional Skills for Physiologists and Trainees
This list serves as a personal career planning tool for physiology trainees and their mentors to use in planning the trainee’s professional development in terms of both formal and informal training opportunities.

Positions Available
Look for positions as a postdoctoral fellow or as a physiologist working in academia, industry, or government.